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Trent & Mersey Canal, Shardlow, Derbyshire.
Lock 1 - Derwent Mouth Lock.
Shardlow Canal Port.
The Trent and Mersey Canal opened in 1777, linking the River Trent at Derwent Mouth, Derbyshire to the River Mersey, with the section through Shardlow (Shardlow Basin) completed in 1770. With the second connection via the Bridgewater Canal, 'The Grand Trunk' was James Brindley's vision of more than 70 locks and five tunnels - following Brindley's death in 1772, the project was completed by Hugh Henshall.
Originally a river port, with origins back to the bronze age, Shardlow developed greatly with the opening of the Trent & Mersey Canal. The earliest extant map, from 1816, shows a canal port comprising twelve warehouses and associated basins, with commodities such as coal, timber, iron, cheese, wheat and salt transferred from wide boats to narrowboats and warehousing for onward distribution.
Along with this development came all sorts of other businesses and buildings to support the carriers - boat builders, ropewalks, workshops, stores, stables, offices, workers' cottages and owners' houses. The decline of the canal system led to the closure of the port in 1948 and different uses for the warehouses, but the area remains remarkably little changed today. The Heritage Centre is leased from Mansfield Brewery which completely refurbished and equipped the building as a museum for the village.
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Micro-navigation in the Company of Mountains and Tower Blocks, a guided walk with Alison Lloyd as part of the Still Walking festival.
Black on top means it's a north mark, i.e. it's on the north of an obstruction, and you should stay north of it.
La timonerie du vapeur "La Suisse*,
un peu du lac, les viaducs de l'autoroute à flanc de coteaux et les montagnes en arrière plan...
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Barnet Marine Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Nikon D5100, 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
August 31, 2013
Micro-navigation in the Company of Mountains and Tower Blocks, a guided walk with Alison Lloyd as part of the Still Walking festival.
Nope, the new computer navigation system doesn't pick up the current weather conditions at all! That's a Self Defence Force truck shamelessly passing us.